It is Landscape Ontario's mandate to be the leader in representing, promoting and fostering a favourable environment for the advancement of the horticultural industry in Ontario. The vision of our founding members, to find strength in numbers by serving the needs of all sectors of the lawn and garden industry, has allowed us to become one of the largest and certainly one of the most vital and active trade associations in North America.

Our members
     Landscape Ontario serves over 2000 member companies across the province, involved in all sectors of the industry, including landscape contractors, grounds management contractors, lawn care professionals, retail garden centres, wholesale nursery growers, irrigation contractors, landscape designers and interiorscape professionals.

     We are able to serve the sector specific needs of our members through a commodity group system. (For more information, click here.)

     We are able to maintain a viable communication's link with our membership through our chapter system. (For more information or to find a member, click here.)

Organization
     A Provincial Board of Directors governs the affairs of the association. Our network of committees, commodity groups and chapters help the association to deal with those many issues of specific concern to the horticultural industry. The work of our many volunteers is facilitated with a staff of 20 working in five departments: Membership Services, Education, Special Events, Publications, and Accounting.
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Our location
     Our head office is conveniently located on Hwy. 401, just east of Milton, and only 20 minutes west of Toronto International Airport. Our large office building and 46-acre site allow us to offer numerous educational opportunities to our members. The development of our site is ongoing and future plans call for the development of a complete horticultural centre, including demonstration gardens and a full-time horticultural school. For a map, click here.

Education
     Professional development is a priority for Landscape Ontario. The association offers National Certification Testing, safety training and over 80 professional development seminars and computer courses.

     For a complete overview of the many educational initiatives of Landscape Ontario, click here.

Publications
     Landscape Ontario publishes two of Canada's leading horticulture trade publications: Landscape Trades has an audited circulation of 8,200 across Canada; Horticulture Review has a circulation of 2,600 in Ontario.

Congress
     Congress, Canada's International Horticultural Trade Show and Conference, sponsored by Landscape Ontario, is one of the top five horticultural trade shows in North America. More than 12,000 delegates and 700 leading suppliers to the industry attend the 270,000 square-foot trade show. The conference features well-known, internationally acclaimed industry experts from all realms of the trade.

Canada Blooms
     Canada Blooms, the Toronto Flower and Garden Show, held each spring is one of the top four flower shows in the world and features over six acres of gardens and exhibitors. The show boasts over 115,000 international visitors, 1,000 volunteers and nine staff.

Garden Expo
     In response to industry demand, Landscape Ontario has also announced a new fall buying show for 2000. Garden Expo will be held in September at the Toronto Congress Centre.

Benefits of Membership
     Landscape Ontario members benefit from the association's unified industry voice, marketing and awareness programs, promotional and networking opportunities, education and professional development. Members of Landscape Ontario also qualify for many cost-saving benefits: insurance, fuel, vehicle purchase and leasing, cellular phones, long distance, customs brokerage, business forms, credit card processing, and more. Click here for more information.